The Phantom Moon

Drinkify Me

Before I start this post I must clarify that I am not a real big drinker.  Well, I do love Coke Zero, Milkshakes, Hot Tea, Mocha's, etc but I've never been able to hold my liquor that well.  There was one incident where I thought I was too cool for school that still makes me laugh and cringe at the same time but we'll leave that baby for another day ...

But that memory didn't give me pause when I stumbled upon the Drinkify site.  And what is drinkify do you ask?  It's a nifty little site where you enter in the name of the artist you are currently listening to and wham, just like that you get an instant suggestion of what beverage you should be drinking to accompany your music.  And another neat kicker?  Random music from your artist will begin playing as well.  Wouldn't this be perfect for music suggestions for a party?  Here are a few drinks I'd have in my arsenal if I was a drinkah'.

I think my favorite is "The Duncan Sheik", and not just because I have a total crush on him.  Okay, that's mostly why but that's ok with me.  What artist(s) would you look up to drinkify?  Crush worthy peeps are totally acceptable.

Pinterest love

Can I share a dirty little secret with you?  Sometimes, I stay up real late at night and waste spend hours on end looking at pictures on Pinterest, pinning and re-pinning until I realize it's way to late and I'm going to regret it in the morning.  And I sure do when I throw myself out of bed wake up and look like a zombie as I stumble to BB's room when she wakes up.  Okay, more often then not I've been sending the hubs to wake her up in the morning but I digress.  Pinterest is fantastic!

There are oodles of photos you can find which will totally stimulate your imagination.  Take a peek at some of the fantastic finds I've pinned on this baby:

From Board: Recipes I Need To Try

From Board: Amazing Women

From Board: Craft Projects I Need To Try

From Board: Inspiring Images

From Board: For The Home

From Board: Possible 2nd Husbands

From Board: El Oh El

If you're a fellow Pinterest user, take a look at the other pins I've made plus some of the awesome followers and people I'm following.  And if not?  What are you waiting for!  Leave a comment with your email (or email me) and I'll send you a nifty little invite. 

Now pardon me while I add more pins to my Possible 2nd Husbands board.

One Million Mice

Merry belated Christmas, everyone!  Sorry for the quietness around these parts lately but the holidays are beating me up, plus I'm battling a nasty little winter cold that doesn't want to quit.  I hope you all had a fantastic holiday and are relaxing in front of a warm fire, enjoying the quiet before New Years.  Now on to the post! ...

Martha Stewart's Candy Cane Mice

Yes, 1,000,000 mice.  That's how many I made for the husband's friend's kids at work.  Okay, maybe I'm exaggerating here a little bit.  I made exactly 24 but it sure felt like 1,000,000 after working on them all day with my 4 year old helper.    I used Martha's template and instructions online and while I loved the colors in the online picture, I chose to use the traditional red and green theme for my mice.

I also used googly eyes and mini black pom pom noses too which the kids loved.  Cute, right?  Sorry for the less than stellar pictures but the two house shots were taken on my cell phone at 2am after a long day and the beginning of a cold that I'm still trying to shake.

I also managed to put up our Christmas tree that same night with BB's help.  She kind of lost interest after we got the ornaments out of the box and preferred to just play with them instead, but that was ok.  It was kind of meditative to just wrap the millions of lights around the tree, mantel and fire place.  Not bad for last minute work considering the tree and mice were completed 5 days before Christmas!  Just a wee bit late I'd say.  

FYI: I have a few shop announcements coming up in a few days, plus I'm going to share my new toy from Christmas that I'm in love with an there is going to be a beginning of the year giveaway celebration!  So stay tuned and enjoy a nice warm mug of cocoa on these (hopefully) slow days before the New Year.